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How Does Rock Armour Work?
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Rock armour is rock material that is used to armour streambeds, shorelines and other shoreline structures against ice erosion or scour. Rock armour works by absorbing and deflecting the force of waves prior to reach the defended structure.
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it protects the cliff from being eroded quickly and also deflects some of the energy of the waves
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the disadvantages of this is that it can be undermined (moved by the waves) and it is also quite ugly and it is not sustainable on long term and need of constant maintenance and also
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advantages absorbs energy from storm waves, prevents erosion. disadvantages can be moved by the sea (undermined)
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Rock armour cost the same as sea walls because rock armour is a form of sea wall to it cost £6000 per m. Just go to http://www.mjanderson.chislehurst.btinternet.co.uk/coastseadefence.htm
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